Two large asteroids found spinning as fast as a fairground rideFri, 09 Oct 2026 17:00:00 +0000 Rocks in the asteroid belt rotating at ultra-fast speeds suggest our understanding of asteroid structure might be wrong | |
Does each new covid-19 variant pose a significant threat?Fri, 09 Oct 2026 16:39:31 +0000 Most covid-19 cases are caused by a particular type of variant, but do we need to worry every time a new one emerges? | |
Tattoos could be turned on and off with lightFri, 09 Oct 2026 15:00:00 +0000 A new type of ink could overcome one of the main downsides of tattoos: the inability to make them invisible | |
Nearly 1 in 10 young adults could have fatty, narrow arteriesFri, 09 Oct 2026 13:21:55 +0000 Atherosclerosis, the build-up of fatty plaque in arteries, usually affects people older than 50, but a "meaningful" proportion of younger adults also have the condition | |
Rising water is creating inland ghost forests in the USFri, 09 Oct 2026 13:00:00 +0000 Forests full of dead trees aren’t just found by the US coasts – they are also appearing far from the sea around freshwater lakes | |
Grief and tech collide in uneasily brilliant sci-fi film The RemotesFri, 09 Oct 2026 11:00:00 +0000 Shown at the New York Film Festival, John Torres’s film The Remotes tells of a mysterious app that seems to be controlling drivers' bodies, causing them to crash. It is challenging but worth it, says Karmela Padavic-Callaghan | |
Number of known species of giant waterlilies almost doublesThu, 08 Oct 2026 23:00:00 +0000 A new species of giant waterlily identified with the help of social media and satellite photos is just one of three discovered in the past few years | |
The big unanswered question about Russia’s ‘plague’ deathThu, 08 Oct 2026 17:18:02 +0000 Russia says it is winding down precautionary measures taken after a lab worker at a plague research institute died. But what made officials think these were needed at all? | |
AI or ‘super intelligence’? Trump isn’t the only one who is confusedThu, 08 Oct 2026 16:07:59 +0000 US President Donald Trump has declared that artificial intelligence should now be called “super intelligence”. Columnist Jacob Aron explains where that term came from and explores whether its many historical meanings apply today | |
OpenAI mistranslated mathematics into code for its Navier-Stokes proofThu, 08 Oct 2026 16:03:20 +0000 When OpenAI announced its surprise solution to the Navier-Stokes problem, it produced one proof for humans and one for computers – however, they don't match | |